j.r. leonard

Don’t make excuses for this. If Hitler only threw German Jews in concentration camps, he would still be evil.

Certainly! Below is my view. Seems to me a typical social media mob that takes worst possible interpretation -- we all know she's not okay with genocide and doesn't like Hitler.https://twitter.com/maximlott/status/1093960337680986112 …

I think you and I prob have the same definition. I wasn't aware that *anyone* uses the definition she used. But, confusing definitions of nationalism is extremely different from being ok with Hitler, which is what the mob is accusing her of.

The logical implication of her argument, and Hazony’s, is that Hitler would be ok if he just stayed in Germany. It’s ok to say that nationalism is evil, just like it’s ok to say communism is evil.

Are you sure that is the logical outcome of her argument? If Hitler had stayed in Germany, then the logical outcome of her argument would be that Hitler would have been a nationalist (by her definition.) He would still be evil.

The context was her defending nationalism and nationalists, so yes.

Defending nationalism != defending the worst possible case of nationalism